My code cannot read what's in the file

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When I open the file in my code, it does not seem to be able to read anything that's in it. I used
fstream inputfile then inputfile.open(file). The file seems to be opened but when I try to get char c to equal the first character in the file, it doesn't seem to work. c should initially "<" but xcode shows that it equals "_" or "/". I continue running the program but no matter what, my codes doesn't seem to be able to read anything in the text file I opened. What did I do wrong?

here is my code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
fstream testFile;
string encryptedFile;
string file;
string fileName;

cout << "Please enter the name of the file:";
cin >> fileName;

string line;
fstream inputfile;
inputfile.open(fileName.c_str());

// opens the file
if (inputfile.is_open())
{

// only operates when there are still lines in the file
while (inputfile.get())
{
// get the line, put into the variable "line"
getline (inputfile, line);
bool right = false;
bool hasDirection = false;
bool hasShift = false;
int shift = 0;
for (int i=0; i < line.length(); i++)
{

char c = line.at(i);

if(c == ' ')
{
continue;
}
if(c == '+')
{
shift = 0;
right = false;
hasDirection = false;
hasShift = false;
}
else if(c == '<')
{
right = false;
hasDirection = true;
}
else if(c == '>')
{
right = true;
hasDirection = true;
}
//if between 0 and 9
else if(hasDirection && c >= 48 && c <= 57)
{
if(shift > 0)
{
shift = shift*10 + c - 48; //more than one digit
}
else
{
shift = c - 48;
hasShift = true;
}
}
else
{
if(!hasDirection || !hasShift)
{
cout << "*** ERROR: No shift value as expected ***" << endl;
cout << "Special character: ";
if(!hasDirection)
cout << "+";
else if(right)
cout << ">";
else
cout << "<";
cout << " requires a numeric following it." << endl;
break;
}
else if((c >= 97 && c <= 122) || (c >= 65 && c <= 90))
{
//if it's a char
if(c >= 97)
{
//if lowercase, make it upper
c -= 32;
}
char newchar = c + shift;
if(!right)
{
newchar = c - shift; //other way on ascii
newchar = newchar - 65;
}
if(newchar < 0)
{ //overflow
newchar = newchar % 26;
newchar = 26 - newchar;
}
else
{
newchar = newchar % 26;
}
newchar = newchar + 65;
cout << newchar;
}
//prints two end-of-line characters
else if(c=='#')
{
cout << endl << endl;
break;
}
}
}
}
inputfile.close();
}
else
{
cout << "*** ERROR: Error in opening file ***" << endl;
cout << "You entered an invalid file name. Please try again." << endl;
}
}

here is what the file contains:

<25CNM'S OZX ZMX ZSSDMSHNM SN SGD LZM ADGHMC SGD BTQSZHM.#

>20ZXAYZ SK < EUA YNUARJT'Z HK NKXK.#

>7IETR BM LTF. HY TEE MAX ZBG CHBGML BG TEE MAX IETVXL BG TEE
MAX PHKEW, LAX ATW MH PTED >14UZFA YUZQ. IQ'XX MXIMKE TMHQ BMDUE.
>23URXQG XS WKH XVXDO VXVSHFWV.#